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INDUSTRY ANALYSIS

LAST CHANCE TO SAVE

OUR COUNTRY'S
MINING SECTOR - UR-
GENT REQUIREMENTS

Single Window Clearance along with
Uncomplicated and Simplified Legal
Framework
—
i) Removing regulatory overlap, incon-
sistencies and duplication.
ii) There are about 10 key clearances
required for start of mining, which take
about 5-7 years in most cases. The in-
dicative
list has been put in Annexure I.
2. Ensuring security of mineral regime
a year on year basis, the sector has barely grown at an average by protection of seamless mining rights
annual rate of 2.9% over the period. i. The preferential right for grant of mineral concession for the

INDICATIVE LIST OF APPLICABLE ACTS AND THEIR APPROVALS AND CLEARANCES
REQUIRED FOR MINING
SN Applicable Act Clearance required Administered by
1. Forest Conservation Act. 1950 Forest clearance (3-7 years) MoEFCC
Wild life clearance (sanctuary, reserve or
2. Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 MoEFCC
special zone clearances) (3-7 years)
1. Environment Protection Act, 1986
3. Environment Protection Act, 1986 MoEFCC
2. Ground water clearance (Centre/State)
1. Consent to Establish (CTE) before
Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) establishing (before starting construction
Act. 1974! Air (Prevention and Control of of site) from pollution control board (1-2
4. Pollution) Act, 1981) and Authorisation years) MoEFCC
under Hazardous Wastes (Management and 2. Consent to Operate (CIO) to start
Handling) Rules, 1989 operations from pollution control board
(1-2 years)
5. Explosive Act 1884 Explosive license DIPPM
6. Railways Act, 1989 Railway siding approval M/O Railways
M/O Petroleum & Natu-
7. Petroleum Act, 1934 Approval for diesel storage
ral Gas
8. 1. Power line from State Discom

Electricity Act, 2003 2. Clearances relating to work under an M/O Power
existing transmission
line or shifting of the transmission line
Right to Fair Compensation and Transpar-
ency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and
9. Land Owner's Consent M/O Rural Development
Resettlement (LARR) Act, 2013 (also Land
Acquisition Act, 2013)

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